A name from Scripture
Cyrene
sy-REE-nee
Meaning
Wall; Supreme power
Greek/Libyan origin · Girl · First in Matthew
What it points to
Cyrene shows that cross-bearers come from unexpected origins — God chooses strangers and foreigners to participate in His redemptive story.
Verses · King James Version
“And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.”
Mark 15:21
“Lucius of Cyrene.”
Acts 13:1